AGENCY AGREEMENT
June
20,
2007
000
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0xx Xxxxxx
X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dear
Sirs/Mesdames:
Primary
Capital Inc. (“Primary Capital”) and Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Company
Limited (the “Agents”) understand that GeoGlobal Resources Inc.
(the “Corporation”) proposes to issue and offer for sale, by
way of private placement, up to 5,680,000 units of the Corporation (the
“Units”) at a price of U.S.$5.00 per Unit for aggregate gross
proceeds of up to U.S.$28,400,000 (the
“Offering”). Each Unit consists of one Common Share
(as defined herein) (each, a “Unit Share”) and one-half of one
common share purchase warrant of the Corporation (each whole common share
purchase warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant
entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (each, a
“Warrant Share”) at an exercise price of U.S.$7.50 at any time
(such period, the “Warrant Term”) prior to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto
time) on the date that is 24 months following the Closing Date (as defined
herein), provided that if (i) the trading price of the Common Shares on the
American Stock Exchange (the “AMEX”) or on any other exchange
on which the Common Shares are listed is U.S.$12.00 or more for 20 consecutive
trading days, (ii) the Registration Statement (as defined herein) has been
declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the
“SEC”), and (iii) the hold periods imposed upon the Underlying
Securities (as defined herein) pursuant to applicable Canadian Securities Laws
(as defined herein) have expired (the occurrence of all such events, the
“Acceleration Event”), then the Warrant Term shall expire at
5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date which is the 30th day following
the
date of issuance by the Corporation of a news release announcing the change
to
the Warrant Term (or if such 30th day is
not a
Business Day (as defined herein), then on the first Business Day after such
30th
day).
The
Agents further understand that, as part of the Offering, each purchaser of
Units
shall also receive one non-transferable right (each, a “Right”)
for each Unit purchased (all such Rights to be issued under the Offering,
together with all of the Units to be sold under the Offering, the
“Offered Securities”), each Right entitling the purchaser to
receive, for nominal consideration, an additional 0.10 of one Unit (each such
whole Unit, a “Rights Unit”) in the event that the Registration
Statement is not filed with the SEC prior to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the
date that is 60 days following the Closing Date (the “Registration
Filing Deadline”).
The
Agents hereby offer to act, and upon their acceptance hereof, the Corporation
hereby appoints the Agents, as the Corporation’s exclusive agents to offer the
Offered Securities for sale, on a best efforts basis, upon and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein. The Corporation understands
that the Agents are not obliged under any circumstances to purchase any of
the
Offered Securities.
The
Agents may form and manage a group of Canadian investment dealers to offer
the
Offered Securities for sale. Subject to the terms hereof, the
Corporation understands that no such investment dealer is obliged under any
circumstances to purchase any of the Offered Securities. The Agents
may determine the remuneration payable to such investment dealers appointed
by
them, provided that any fee charged by such investment dealers shall not exceed
the Agents’ Fee (as defined herein) and shall be payable by the
Agents.
In
consideration of the services to be rendered to the Corporation by the Agents
pursuant to this agreement, at the Closing Time (as defined herein), the
Corporation shall pay to the Agents a fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds
from
the Offering (the “Agents’ Fee”) and shall issue to the Agents
compensation options (the “Compensation Options”) entitling the
Agents to purchase up to that number of Common Shares (the “Compensation
Shares”) that is equal to 6% of the number of Units sold pursuant to
the Offering, subject to adjustment as described in the certificates evidencing
the Compensation Options, at an exercise price of U.S.$5.00 per Compensation
Share at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date that is 24
months following the Closing Date. At the Closing Time, the Agents
shall also receive one non-transferable right (each, a “Compensation
Right”) for each Compensation Option issued to the Agents, each
Compensation Right entitling the Agents to receive, for nominal consideration,
an additional 0.10 of one Compensation Share for each Compensation Share
purchased by the Agents (whether purchased before or after the Registration
Filing Deadline), in the event that the Registration Statement is not filed
with
the SEC prior to the Registration Filing Deadline. The Compensation
Options and the Compensation Rights will be evidenced by one or more
certificates (the “Compensation Option
Certificates”).
DEFINITIONS
In
this
agreement, in addition to the terms defined above or elsewhere in this
agreement, and unless otherwise indicated or the context manifestly requires
otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“agreement”
means the agreement resulting from the acceptance hereof by the
Corporation;
“Agreements”
means this agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Warrant Certificates, the Right Certificates and the Compensation
Option Certificates;
“AMEX”
means the American Stock Exchange;
“Business
Day” means a day on which chartered banks are normally open for
business in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, excluding Saturdays, Sundays or statutory or
civic
holidays;
“Canadian
Securities Laws” means all applicable securities laws in each of the
Offering Provinces and the respective regulations made thereunder, together
with
applicable published policy statements, rules and orders of the securities
regulatory authorities in such provinces;
“Closing”
means the completion of the issue and sale by the Corporation of the Offered
Securities and the purchase by the Purchasers of the Offered Securities pursuant
to this agreement, which may, at the option of the Agents, occur on one or
more
separate occasions, each of which occasion shall be a “Closing”
for the purposes of this agreement;
“Closing
Date” means June 20, 2007 or such other date as the Corporation and the
Agents may agree upon;
“Closing
Time” means 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Closing Date or such other
time on the Closing Date as the Corporation and the Agents may agree
upon;
“Common
Shares” means the common shares of the Corporation as constituted on
the date hereof;
“Corporation’s
Information Record” means all the reports filed by the Corporation
since January 1, 2004 pursuant to Section 13 of the U.S. Exchange Act (and
including extracts or portions thereof), press releases issued by the
Corporation, Schedules 14A filed pursuant to Section 14 of the U.S. Exchange
Act, registration statements filed by the Corporation since January 1, 2004
pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act and other documents which have been filed
by
or on behalf of the Corporation with the SEC or the Canadian securities
regulatory authorities and the SEC;
“Financial
Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheets of the
Corporation as at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the audited
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of
the Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation
as at March 31, 2007, and the unaudited consolidated statements of operations
and cash flows of the Corporation for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and
March 31, 2006, together with the notes thereto;
“GeoGlobal
Barbados” means GeoGlobal Resources (Barbados) Inc., a corporation
constituted under the laws of Barbados and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Corporation;
“GeoGlobal
Barbados Participating Interests” means, collectively, the CB 2002/2
Participating Interest, the CB 2002/3 Participating Interest, the CB 2
Participating Interest, the DS Participating Interest, the CB 2003/2
Participating Interest, the KG 2004/1 Participating Interest, the RJ 2004/2
Participating Interest, the RJ 2004/3 Participating Interest and the DS 2004/1
Participating Interest, each defined in subsection 6(bbb) hereof;
“GeoGlobal
Canada” means GeoGlobal Resources (Canada) Inc., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Corporation;
“GeoGlobal
India” means GeoGlobal Resources (India) Inc., a corporation
constituted under the laws of Barbados and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Corporation;
“misrepresentation”,
“material fact”, “material change” and
“distribution” have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in
the Securities Act (Ontario), except as otherwise expressly provided
herein;
“Offering
Provinces” means the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario
and such other provinces of Canada as the Corporation and the Agents may agree
upon;
“Purchasers”
means the persons who acquire Offered Securities from the Corporation by
executing Subscription Agreements accepted by the Corporation, and permitted
assignees or transferees of such persons from time to time;
“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the agreement to be entered into between the
Corporation and the Agents on or before the Closing Date pursuant to which
the
Corporation shall grant certain registration rights to the Purchasers in respect
of the Underlying Shares;
“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement with respect to the resale of
the Underlying Shares prepared in the appropriate form as prescribed by the
SEC;
“Regulation
S” means Regulation S adopted by the SEC under the U.S. Securities
Act;
“Right
Certificates” means the certificates evidencing the Rights to be
executed by the Corporation, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Corporation and the Agents;
“Subscription
Agreement” means a subscription agreement executed by a Purchaser and
accepted by the Corporation in the form agreed upon by the Corporation and
the
Agents;
“Subsidiaries”
means GeoGlobal Barbados, GeoGlobal Canada and GeoGlobal India, being all of
the
subsidiaries (as defined in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario)) of
the Corporation;
“Underlying
Shares” means, collectively, the Unit Shares, the Warrant Shares and
the Compensation Shares and, in the event that the Corporation fails to file
the
Registration Statement prior to the Registration Filing Deadline,
“Underlying Shares” shall include the Unit Shares forming part
of the Rights Units and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants forming part of the Rights Units and, for the purposes of clarity,
shall include any additional Compensation Shares issuable to the Agents as
a
result of the exercise of Compensation Options granted pursuant to the
Compensation Rights;
“U.S.
Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended;
“U.S.
Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended; and
“Warrant
Certificates” means the certificates evidencing the Warrants to be
executed by the Corporation, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Corporation and the Agents.
INTERPRETATION
The
division of this agreement into sections, subsections, paragraphs and other
subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference
only
and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
agreement. Unless otherwise inconsistent therewith, references in
this agreement to sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions
are
to sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions of this
agreement. In this agreement, words importing the singular number
only include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender
include all genders.
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
1.
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Sale
on Exempt Basis. The Agents
shall:
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(a)
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offer
for sale and sell the Offered Securities in Canada only in the Offering
Provinces in compliance with all applicable Canadian Securities Laws
and
pursuant to Regulation S or outside of Canada and the United States
in
compliance with applicable laws and pursuant to Regulation S; provided
that any offer or sale in any jurisdiction other than an Offering
Province
shall be effected in a manner exempt from the applicable prospectus
or
registration requirements under the securities legislation of the
jurisdiction in which such Purchaser resides, and provided further
that
all of the forgoing shall be conducted in accordance with Schedule
“A”
hereto;
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(b)
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offer
for sale and sell the Offered Securities only to such Purchasers
and in
such manner so that, pursuant to the provisions of Canadian Securities
Laws, no prospectus or offering memorandum need be filed or delivered
in
connection therewith;
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(c)
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not
offer for sale or sell the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction
where
the Corporation may be subject to liability in connection with the
sale of
the Offered Securities which is materially more onerous than the
liability
to which it may be subject under Canadian Securities Laws;
and
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(d)
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obtain
from each Purchaser an executed Subscription Agreement subject to
acceptance by the Corporation.
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The
Agents and the Corporation hereby agree that the offer and sale of the Offered
Securities will be made in compliance with the provisions of Schedule “A”
attached hereto.
2.
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Filings. The
Corporation undertakes to file or cause to be filed all forms or
undertakings required to be filed by the Corporation and the Purchasers,
respectively, in connection with the purchase and sale of the Offered
Securities so that the distribution of the Offered Securities may
lawfully
occur without the necessity of filing a prospectus or an offering
memorandum in the Offering Provinces or elsewhere, and the Agents
undertake to use their reasonable best efforts to cause Purchasers
to
complete and file, if required, any forms or undertakings required
by
Canadian Securities Laws or any other applicable securities
laws. All such filings shall be made by the Corporation on
behalf of the party legally responsible to file the same and all
fees
payable in connection with such filings shall be at the sole expense
of
the Corporation.
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3.
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No
Offering Memorandum. Neither the Corporation nor the
Agents shall (i) provide to prospective purchasers an offering memorandum
within the meaning of Canadian Securities Laws; or (ii) cause the
sale of
the Offered Securities to be advertised in printed public media of
general
and regular paid circulation, radio, television or telecommunications,
including electronic display and the internet. The Corporation
represents and warrants that the documents made available to the
Agents
for distribution to prospective purchasers in connection with the
Offering
are the Subscription Agreement, the term sheet and the Corporation’s
Information Record and such documents do not constitute an offering
memorandum under Canadian Securities Laws. The Agents represent
and warrant that they shall only distribute to prospective purchasers
the
Subscription Agreement, the term sheet and any documents from the
Corporation’s Information Record. The Agents further represent
and warrant that they shall offer for sale and sell the Offered Securities
only in those jurisdictions contemplated in subsection 1(a) and not
elsewhere, without the express consent of the
Corporation.
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4.
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Covenants
of the Corporation. The Corporation hereby covenants
to the Agents, the Purchasers and their respective permitted assigns
and
acknowledges that each of them is relying on such covenants in connection
with the purchase of the Units, that the Corporation
shall:
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(a)
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for
a period of 24 months following the Closing Date, maintain its status
as a
reporting issuer under Canadian Securities Laws in the provinces
of
British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec not in default of any
requirement of such Canadian Securities
Law;
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(b)
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for
a period of 24 months following the Closing Date, maintain the listing
of
the Common Shares, including the Underlying Shares, on the AMEX or
such
other stock exchange as may be acceptable to the
Agents;
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(c)
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as
promptly as practicable after the Closing Date, file the Registration
Statement with the SEC and thereafter use its best efforts to have
the
Registration Statement declared effective by the
SEC;
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(d)
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for
a period of 150 days following the Closing Date, not issue or announce
the
issuance of any Common Shares or any securities convertible into,
exchangeable for or exercisable to acquire Common Shares, without
the
prior consent of the Agents, acting reasonably, other
than:
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(i)
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options
granted pursuant to any of the Corporation’s stock option plans or stock
purchase plans;
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(ii)
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any
Common Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of any options granted
pursuant to such stock option or stock purchase plans, outstanding
common
share purchase warrants, including the Warrants, or the Compensation
Options; or
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(iii)
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pursuant
to non-brokered private placement transactions contemplated to be
completed simultaneously with the closing of the Offering, provided
that
none of the Corporation, the Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates,
or any
person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any
offers
or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would require registration of any of the
Offered
Securities under the U.S. Securities Act or cause this Offering to
be
integrated with prior or concurrent offerings by the Corporation
for
purposes of the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable shareholder
approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations
of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the
securities of the Corporation are listed or designated. None of
the Corporation, the Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any person
acting
on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the
preceding
sentence that would require registration of any of the Offered Securities
under the U.S. Securities Act or cause the Offering to be integrated
with
other offerings;
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(e)
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take
all steps necessary to: (A) authorize the execution and
delivery of the Agreements; (B) authorize the issuance of the Underlying
Shares and ensure that sufficient unreserved Common Shares are available
for the issuance of the Underlying Shares; (C) authorize the creation
of
the Warrants, the Rights, the Compensation Options and the Compensation
Rights; and (D) ensure that the Underlying Shares are or will be
upon
their issue listed and posted for trading on the AMEX or any other
stock
exchange on which the Common Shares are listed for trading from time
to
time;
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(f)
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fulfill
all legal requirements applicable to it to permit the Offering, including,
without limitation, compliance with all Canadian Securities Laws
to enable
the Offered Securities to be offered for sale and sold to Purchasers
without the necessity of filing a prospectus or registration statement
in
the Offering Provinces or in any other
jurisdiction;
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(g)
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at
all times prior to the Closing Date, allow the Agents and their
representatives to conduct all due diligence which the Agents may
reasonably require and use its best efforts to make available the
Corporation’s senior management, counsel, auditors, independent engineers
and other applicable experts to answer any questions which the Agents
(or
another syndicate member) have or may have, including, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, any questions posed at one or more
due
diligence sessions to be held prior to the Closing Time, for which
the
Agents (or their counsel) shall distribute in advance a list of written
questions to be answered thereat and to which the Corporation shall
provide written responses, at or prior to each session, and the
Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to have written
responses provided at or prior to each session by its outside consultants,
auditors, independent engineers and other experts who have been asked
by
the Agents (or another syndicate member) or their counsel to attend
thereat to respond to questions;
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(h)
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use
its best efforts to fulfill, at or prior to the Closing Date, each
of the
conditions set out in Section 8;
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(i)
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use
the net proceeds derived from the Offering for the exploration and
development of the newly acquired NELP-VI exploration blocks and
all other
exploration blocks acquired hereafter, and for general corporate
purposes;
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(j)
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use
its best efforts to obtain the necessary regulatory consents from
the
securities regulatory authorities in each of the Offering Provinces
in
respect of the transactions contemplated by this agreement, on such
terms
as are mutually acceptable to the Agents and the Corporation, acting
reasonably; and
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(k)
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forthwith
after the Closing, file such documents as may be required under the
Canadian Securities Laws relating to the Offering which, without
limiting
the generality of the foregoing, shall include a Form 45-106F1 as
prescribed by National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions.
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5.
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Material
Changes. If, at any time after the date hereof until
Closing, there occurs any material change or material changes (actual,
proposed or prospective) in the business, affairs, operations, assets,
liabilities, capital or prospects of the Corporation considered as
a
whole, the Corporation shall:
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(a)
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promptly
notify the Agents, in writing, providing full particulars of any
such
change(s); and
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(b)
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file
or cause to be filed with promptness, and in any event within any
statutory limitation period therefor, any document required to be
filed
with any regulatory body having jurisdiction and comply with all
requirements of any applicable securities legislation of such
jurisdiction.
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The
Corporation shall in good faith discuss with the Agents any change in
circumstances (actual, proposed or prospective) in respect of which there is
reasonable doubt whether written notice should be given to the Agents pursuant
to this section.
6.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Corporation. The Corporation
represents and warrants to the Agents and the Purchasers, and acknowledges
that the Agents and the Purchasers are each relying upon such
representations and warranties in entering into this agreement and
the
Subscription Agreements or purchasing Offered Securities, as the
case may
be, that:
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(a)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated
or
organized and is validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of
its incorporation or organization and has all requisite corporate
capacity, power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
by
it and as is presently proposed to be conducted by it and to own,
lease
and operate its assets;
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(b)
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the
Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Corporation and the
Corporation is the registered and beneficial owner of all of the
issued
and outstanding securities of each Subsidiary, free and clear of
all
mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, security interests,
adverse claims or demands of any kind whatsoever, and neither the
Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to nor has it
granted
any agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege capable of becoming
an
agreement, for the purchase, subscription or issuance of any securities
of
any Subsidiary;
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(c)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to carry
on
business under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it carries on
its
business or proposes to carry on business and is in good standing
in each
of such jurisdictions;
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(d)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries holds all material licences,
certificates, registrations, permits, consents or qualifications
required
in order to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted
or as
proposed to be conducted, and all such licences, certificates,
registrations, permits, consents and qualifications are valid and
subsisting and in good standing and neither the Corporation nor any
Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings related to the
revocation or modification of any such licence, certificate, registration,
permit, consent or qualification;
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(e)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is conducting
its business in material compliance with all applicable laws, by-laws,
rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which that business
is
carried on and the Corporation is not aware of any fact or circumstance
that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
upon
the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business
affairs
or business prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated
basis;
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(f)
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no
consent, approval, permit, authorization, order of or filing with
any
court or governmental agency or body is required by the Corporation
for
the execution and delivery of and the performance by the Corporation
of
its obligations under this agreement, except as may be required under
the
Canadian Securities Laws, the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state
securities laws and the rules of the AMEX, all of which have been
or will
be obtained or filed, as the case may be, in a timely manner in accordance
with such laws and rules;
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(g)
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none
of the execution and delivery of the Agreements, the performance
by the
Corporation of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, the issuance
and
sale of the Offered Securities hereunder, the issuance of the Warrants,
the issuance of the Compensation Options and the Compensation Rights
to
the Agents, or the issuance of the Underlying Shares will: (A)
conflict with or result in a breach of or create a state of facts
which,
after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of
(i) any
statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation; (ii) Canadian
Securities Laws; (iii) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions
of
the directors (or any committee thereof) or shareholders of the
Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries which are in effect at the
date
hereof, (iv) any mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement,
instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound; or (v) any judgement,
decree or order binding the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries
or
their respective properties or assets; (B) require the consent, approval,
authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental
authority, stock exchange, securities association or other third
party,
except: (i) such as have been obtained; or (ii) such as may be
required (and shall be obtained prior to the Closing Time) under
Canadian
Securities Laws; or (C) give rise to any lien, charge or claim in
or with
respect to the properties or assets of the Corporation or any of
the
Subsidiaries or the acceleration of or the maturity of any debt under
any
indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement or instrument binding or affecting
the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets;
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(h)
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the
Financial Statements:
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(i)
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have
been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with those of
preceding fiscal periods;
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(ii)
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present
fully, fairly and correctly the consolidated assets, liabilities
and
financial condition of the Corporation as at the dates at which they
were
prepared and the consolidated results of its operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the periods then
ended;
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(iii)
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are
in accordance with the consolidated books and records of the Corporation;
and
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(iv)
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contain
and reflect all necessary adjustments for the fair presentation on
a
consolidated basis of the results of its operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows for the periods covered
thereby,
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and,
since December 31, 2006, other than as publicly disclosed in the Corporation’s
Information Record, there has not been any material adverse change in the
consolidated financial position of the Corporation or the Corporation’s
consolidated assets or liabilities (including, without limitation, any
write-down of assets), or the capital stock or consolidated long-term debt
of
the Corporation;
(i)
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the
Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries has filed all necessary
tax
returns and notices and has paid all applicable taxes of whatever
nature
for all tax years to the date hereof to the extent such taxes have
become
due or have been alleged to be due and the Corporation is not aware
of any
tax deficiencies or interest or penalties accrued or accruing, or
alleged
to be accrued or accruing, thereon with respect to the Corporation
or any
of the Subsidiaries where, in any of the above cases, it would reasonably
be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Corporation on a consolidated
basis;
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(j)
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the
Corporation is, and will at the Closing Time be, a reporting issuer
in
good standing under the securities laws of the provinces of Ontario,
Alberta, British Columbia and Québec and has a class of equity securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the U.S. Exchange Act and,
pursuant thereto, is obligated to file periodic and other reports
and
schedules with the SEC and is current in, and will at the Closing
Time be
current in, filing all such periodic reports and schedules and the
Corporation has complied with its obligations under Canadian Securities
Laws to make timely disclosure of all material changes relating to
it and
no such disclosure has been made on a confidential basis and there
is no
material change relating to the Corporation which has occurred and
with
respect to which the requisite material change report has not been
filed
under Canadian Securities Laws;
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(k)
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the
Corporation has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely
to have
the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares
under the
U.S. Exchange Act nor has the Corporation received any notification
that
the SEC is contemplating terminating such
registration;
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(l)
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no
portion of the Corporation’s Information Record contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary
in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, as at its date of
filing;
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(m)
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the
authorized capital of the Corporation consists of 100,000,000 Common
Shares and 1,000,000 preferred shares, of which, as at June 15, 2007,
66,335,756 Common Shares and no preferred shares are issued and
outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the
Corporation;
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(n)
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Computershare
Trust Co., NA at its principal offices in the City of Golden, Colorado,
United States, has been duly appointed as the registrar and transfer
agent
for the Common Shares;
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(o)
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the
outstanding Common Shares are listed for trading on the AMEX and
no order
ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation
or
prohibiting the issue and sale of securities by the Corporation has
been
issued and, to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, no proceedings for
such purpose have been instituted or are
pending, contemplated or
threatened;
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(p)
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the
attributes of the Offered Securities, the Compensation Options and
the
Compensation Rights, and of all the securities forming part thereof
or
issuable upon exercise thereof shall conform in all material respects
with
the description thereof in this agreement and the Subscription
Agreements;
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(q)
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each
of the form of certificate representing the Unit Shares, the Warrant
Certificate, the Right Certificate and the Compensation Option Certificate
has been duly approved by the directors of the Corporation, does
not
conflict with the constating documents of the Corporation and, to
the
extent applicable, is in proper form under the laws of the State
of
Delaware and complies with the rules of the
AMEX;
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(r)
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the
Corporation is not a party to nor has it granted any agreement, warrant,
option, right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement, for
the
purchase, subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, other than pursuant
to
the Offering and except pursuant to existing outstanding options,
rights,
warrants, convertible securities and obligations as set out in Schedule
“B” attached hereto;
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(s)
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each
of the Agreements has been, is or will be upon execution thereof,
duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes,
or
will constitute when executed, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of
the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance
with its
terms except that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and
waiver of contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable
law, and
(iii) equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific
performance and injunctive relief, may be granted only in the discretion
of a court of competent
jurisdiction;
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(t)
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other
than the Agents, there is no person, firm or company acting or purporting
to act at the request of the Corporation, who is entitled to any
brokerage, agency, finder’s or similar fee in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein;
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(u)
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the
Corporation has not, directly or indirectly, declared or paid any
dividend
or declared or made any other distribution on any of its shares or
securities of any class, or, directly or indirectly, redeemed, purchased
or otherwise acquired any of its shares or securities or agreed to
do any
of the foregoing;
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(v)
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there
is not, in the articles or by-laws of the Corporation or in any agreement,
mortgage, note, debenture, indenture or other instrument or document
to
which the Corporation is a party, any restriction upon or impediment
to
the declaration or payment of dividends by the directors of the
Corporation, the payment of dividends by the Corporation to the holders
of
its Common Shares or the carrying on of business as currently
contemplated;
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(w)
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the
Corporation has not withheld, and will not withhold from the Agents
at any
time during the distribution of the Offered Securities, any facts
relating
to the Corporation or any Subsidiary including, without limitation,
facts
relating to any threatened or pending legal, regulatory or administrative
proceeding, or to the Offering that would be material to a prospective
purchaser of the Offered
Securities;
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(x)
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at
the Closing Time, all necessary corporate action will have been taken
by
the Corporation to (i) create the Warrants, the Rights, the Compensation
Options and the Compensation Rights, (ii) authorize the Corporation
to
enter into the Agreements, and (iii) allot and authorize the issuance
of
the Underlying Shares which, when issued in the case of the Unit
Shares,
and when issued in accordance with their terms in the case of the
other
Underlying Shares, will be issued as fully paid and non-assessable
shares;
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(y)
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there
is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation or inquiry outstanding,
pending or, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief
of the
Corporation, threatened against or affecting the Corporation or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, at law
or in
equity or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal
or other
governmental or regulatory department, commission, agency or board,
domestic or foreign, which would reasonably be expected to have a
material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) of the business,
properties, assets, capital, net worth or results of operations of
the
Corporation on a consolidated
basis;
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(z)
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other
than as publicly disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record and as
set forth in the disclosure schedule attached as Schedule “D” hereto, none
of the current or former directors or officers of the Corporation
or any
of the Subsidiaries or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing
had, has or intends to have any material interest, direct or indirect,
in
the transactions contemplated by this agreement, in any material
transaction or in any proposed material transaction with the Corporation
or any of the Subsidiaries which, as the case may be, materially
affects,
is material to or will materially affect the Corporation or any
Subsidiary;
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(aa)
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other
than as set forth in the disclosure schedule attached as Schedule
“D”
hereto, each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is in compliance
in
all material respects with all terms and provisions of all contracts,
agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, bank loans, credit
agreements, leases, policies, instruments and licences in connection
with
the conduct of its business and all such contracts, agreements,
indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, bank loans, credit agreements,
leases, policies, instruments and licences are valid and binding
in
accordance with their terms and in full force and effect, and no
breach or
default by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or event which, with
notice
or lapse of time or both, could constitute a material breach or material
default by the Corporation or any Subsidiary exists with respect
thereto;
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(bb)
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except
as disclosed in the Financial Statements, each of the Corporation
and the
Subsidiaries has all of the right, title and interest in and to its
property interests, free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges,
pledges, encumbrances, claims, security interests or demands of any
kind
whatsoever;
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(cc)
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since
December 31, 2006, other than as disclosed in the Corporation’s
Information Record:
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(i)
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there
has not been any material adverse change in the assets, liabilities
or
obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the
Corporation on a consolidated
basis;
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(ii)
|
there
has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term
debt of
the Corporation on a consolidated
basis;
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(iii)
|
there
has not been any material adverse change in the business, business
prospects, conditions (financial or otherwise) or results of the
operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis;
and
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(iv)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has carried on business in
the
ordinary course;
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(dd)
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except
as disclosed in the Financial Statements, neither the Corporation
nor any
of the Subsidiaries has any liabilities, direct or indirect, contingent
or
otherwise, which materially adversely affects or would reasonably
be
expected to materially adversely affect the business, operations
or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation or any of the
Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, taken as a
whole. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries has any material
obligation or liability for the debts or obligations of others or
has any
material exposure or liability, except as set forth in the Financial
Statements or those arising in the ordinary course of business, none
of
which is material to the Corporation on a consolidated
basis;
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(ee)
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to
the knowledge of the Corporation and its directors and officers,
no
shareholders’, pooling or other form of agreement is in force or effect
which in any manner affects the voting or control of any of the securities
of the Corporation;
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(ff)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has procured and maintains
adequate insurance against all insurable risks which are material
to the
Corporation on a consolidated basis, which insurance is of such type
and
in such amounts as is usual and customary to the industry in which
it is
engaged and the scope of its
operations;
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(gg)
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the
Corporation is not aware of any legislation which it anticipates
will
materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations,
assets,
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the
Corporation;
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(hh)
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each
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate
rights
to use or assign all material intellectual property used by it in
the
operation of its business, without making any payment to any person
or
granting any rights to any person in exchange therefor, other than
in
accordance with the terms of any such license, sub-license or franchise
arrangement. No event has occurred during the registration or
filing of, or during any other proceeding relating to such material
intellectual property owned by the Corporation or the Subsidiaries
that
would make invalid or unenforceable, or negate the right to issuance
or
use of any of such material intellectual property owned by the Corporation
or the Subsidiaries, other than any such event which would not reasonably
be expected to materially adversely affect the business, operations
or
conditions (financial or otherwise) of the Corporation on a consolidated
basis. There is no intellectual property of any person which,
to the knowledge of the Corporation, impairs or prevents the development,
manufacture, use, sale, lease, license and service of products, now
existing or under development by the Corporation or the
Subsidiaries;
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(ii)
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to
the knowledge of the Corporation, there are not any defects, failures
or
impairments in the title of the oil and natural gas properties which
are
the subject of the agreements entered into between the Corporation
and the
owners of such properties;
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(jj)
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the
Corporation maintains disclosure controls and procedures as required
by
Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 under the U.S. Exchange Act, and such
controls
and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information
concerning the Corporation is made known, on a timely basis, to the
individuals responsible for the preparation of the Corporation’s filings
with the SEC. The Corporation has disclosed to its auditors and
the audit committee of its board of directors (i) all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined
by
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the U.S. Exchange Act) which
are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Corporation’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information, and (ii) any
fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who
have a significant role in the Corporation’s internal control over
financial reporting;
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(kk)
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the
Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide commercially reasonable
assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences;
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(ll)
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the
Corporation has complied in all material respects with the provisions
of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 to which it has been subject through
the
date hereof and the corporate governance rules of the AMEX applicable
to
it;
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(mm)
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there
has never been a reportable event (within the meaning of National
Instrument 51-102 of the Canadian securities administrators) involving
the
Corporation and its current or former
auditors;
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(nn)
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the
Corporation has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum
funding standards of Section 302 of the U.S. Employee Retirement
Income
Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder with respect to each “plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and such regulations and published
interpretations in which its employees are eligible to participate
and
each such plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and
published interpretations. No “Reportable Event” (as defined in
ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “Pension Plan” (as defined in
ERISA) for which the Corporation could have any
liability;
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(oo)
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the
Corporation is not the operator under any of the production sharing
contracts to which it is a party, except for those production sharing
contracts referenced in paragraphs 6(bbb)(iv) and (ix), which are
both in
the early stages of seismic studies, and whenever “operations of the
Corporation” are referred to herein this should be taken as the operations
by the joint ventures of which the Corporation is a partner as operated
by
the operator under the terms of the respective production sharing
contract;
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(pp)
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the
property, assets and operations of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries
comply, to the best of the knowledge of the Corporation, in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws (which term means
and
includes, without limitation, any and all applicable international,
federal, provincial, state, municipal or local laws, statutes,
regulations, treaties, orders, policies, judgments, decrees, ordinances,
official directives and all authorizations relating to the environment,
occupational health and safety, or any Environmental Activity (which
term
means and includes, without limitation, any past, present or future
activity, event or circumstance in respect of a Contaminant (which
term
means and includes, without limitation, any pollutants, dangerous
substances, liquid wastes, hazardous wastes, hazardous materials,
hazardous substances or contaminants or any other matter including
any of
the foregoing, as defined or described as such pursuant to any
Environmental Laws), including, without limitation, the storage,
use,
holding, collection, purchase, accumulation, assessment, generation,
manufacture, construction, processing, treatment, stabilization,
disposition, handling or transportation thereof, or the release,
escape,
leaching, dispersal or migration thereof into the natural environment,
including the movement through or in the air, soil, surface water
or
groundwater). For these purposes, Environmental Laws,
Environmental Activity or Contaminant do not include the normal course
obligations for an oil and gas exploration and exploitation
business. During the normal course business of plugging or
abandoning xxxxx, there are or may be obligations under applicable
Environmental Laws to restore the area to its natural state, which
obligations are performed by the Corporation, to the extent required,
according to the applicable Environmental Laws. The Corporation
also is or may be required to close open reserve pits, which obligations
are completed, to the extent required, within the time periods and
according to the specifications of the relevant regulatory
agency;
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(qq)
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no
property which is or has been owned, leased or occupied by the Corporation
or the Subsidiaries has been designated as a Superfund site pursuant
to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act
of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et. seq.)
(“CERCLA”) or otherwise designated as a contaminated site
under applicable state or local law. Neither the Corporation
nor any of the Subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible
party” under CERCLA;
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(rr)
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the
Corporation does not have any knowledge of, and has not received
any
notice of, any material claim, judicial or administrative proceeding,
pending or threatened against, or which may affect, the Corporation
or any
of the Subsidiaries or any of the properties, assets or operations
thereof, relating to, or alleging any violation of any Environmental
Laws,
the Corporation is not aware of any facts which could give rise to
any
such claim or judicial or administrative proceeding and neither the
Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Corporation, any of their respective property, assets or operations,
is
the subject of any investigation, evaluation, audit or review by
any
Governmental Authority (which term means and includes, without limitation,
any national, federal government, province, state, municipality or
other
political subdivision of any of the foregoing, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions
of or pertaining to government and any corporation or other entity
owned
or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by
any of
the foregoing) to determine whether any violation of any Environmental
Laws has occurred or is occurring or whether any remedial action
is needed
in connection with a release of any Contaminant into the environment,
except for compliance investigations conducted in the normal course
by any
Governmental Authority;
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(ss)
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neither
the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries has given or filed any
notice
under any international, federal, state, provincial or local law
with
respect to any Environmental Activity, to the knowledge of the
Corporation, neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries
has any
liability (whether contingent or otherwise) in connection with any
Environmental Activity and the Corporation is not aware of any notice
being given under any international, federal, state, provincial or
local
law or of any liability (whether contingent or otherwise) with respect
to
any Environmental Activity relating to or affecting the Corporation
or any
of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets,
businesses or operations;
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(tt)
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neither
the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries stores any hazardous
or toxic
waste or substance on the property thereof and they have not disposed
of
any hazardous or toxic waste, in each case in a manner contrary to
any
Environmental Laws, and there are no Contaminants on any of the premises
at which the Corporation or the Subsidiaries carries on business,
in each
case other than in compliance with Environmental
Laws;
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(uu)
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to
the knowledge of the Corporation, neither the Corporation nor any
of the
Subsidiaries is subject to any contingent or other liability relating
to
the restoration or rehabilitation of land, water or any other part
of the
environment, or compliance with any Environmental
Laws;
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(vv)
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neither
the Corporation nor any other person associated with or acting on
behalf
of the Corporation including, without limitation, any director, officer,
agent or employee of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, has, directly
or
indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries
(i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity;
(ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government
officials
or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from
corporate funds; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful
payment;
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(ww)
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GeoGlobal
India is a party to the following material agreements (collectively,
the
“GeoGlobal India Material
Agreements”):
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(i)
|
a
Carried Interest Agreement dated August 27, 2002 between GeoGlobal
India
and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (“GSPC”),
granting to GeoGlobal India a 10% carried interest (the “KG
Carried Interest”) for its share of costs
incurred in respect of the exploration activities conducted on an
exploration block known as block KG OSN 2001/3 (the “KG
2001/3”) prior to commencement of commercial production on KG
2001/3 (such agreement, the “Carried Interest
Agreement”);
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(ii)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated February 4, 2003 among GeoGlobal
India,
the Government of India, GSPC and Jubilant Enpro Limited, granting
to
GeoGlobal India a 10% participating interest (the “KG
Participating Interest”) in KG 2001/3 (such contract, the
“KGPSC”);
and
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(iii)
|
a
Participating Interest Agreement dated Xxxxx 00, 0000 xxxxxxx XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxx and Xxx Group (Mauritius) Inc., a corporation incorporated
under the
laws of Mauritius (“Xxx Group”) and wholly owned by Xxxx
Xxxx Xxx, providing for the transfer and assignment to Xxx Group
of a 50%
interest in the KG Carried Interest and the KG Participating Interest
(the
“KG Participating Interest
Agreement”);
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(xx)
|
each
of the GeoGlobal India Material Agreements is in full force and effect
and
has not been amended from the form available to the public on XXXXX,
and
each of the GeoGlobal India Material Agreements constitutes a legal,
valid
and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against it
in
accordance with its terms for the periods (if any) stated therein,
except
that: (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of
contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law, and
(iii)
equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance
and injunctive relief, may be granted only in the discretion of a
court of
competent jurisdiction;
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(yy)
|
other
than as set forth in the disclosure schedule attached as Schedule
“D”
hereto, GeoGlobal India has fulfilled or has taken all actions necessary
at this time to enable it to fulfill when due all of its obligations
under
the GeoGlobal India Material Agreements, and there is not, under
any of
the GeoGlobal India Material Agreements, any existing default or
event of
default or any event which, with or without the giving of notice
or the
passage of time, would constitute a default under any of the GeoGlobal
India Material Agreements or provide to any party to any GeoGlobal
India
Material Agreement a right of termination thereunder. There are
no laws, regulations, rules or decrees currently in effect or reasonably
expected to be in effect which adversely affect or might adversely
affect
GeoGlobal India’s rights under any of the GeoGlobal India Material
Agreements;
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(zz)
|
subject
to the terms of the KG Participating Interest Agreement, GeoGlobal
India
has a legal, valid and enforceable ownership interest in the KG
Participating Interest and has not sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned
or otherwise disposed of, or created any encumbrance on or with respect
to, the KG Participating Interest;
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(aaa)
|
other
than as a party to the GeoGlobal India Material Agreements and other
than
as disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record, GeoGlobal India has
no business activities, assets, liabilities, employees, customers
or
suppliers and has no revenues;
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(bbb)
|
GeoGlobal
Barbados is a party to the following material agreements (collectively,
the “GeoGlobal Barbados Material
Agreements”):
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(i)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated February 6, 2004 among GeoGlobal
Barbados, the Government of India, GSPC and Jubilant Enpro Private
Limited, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados a 10% participating interest
(the
“CB 2002/2 Participating Interest”) in an exploration
block known as block CB ONN 2002/2 (the “CB 2002/2”)
(such contract, the “CB 2002/2
PSC”);
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(ii)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated February 6, 2004 among GeoGlobal
Barbados, the Government of India, GSPC, Jubilant Enpro Private Limited
and Prize Petroleum Company Limited, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados
a 10%
participating interest (the “CB 2002/3 Participating
Interest”) in an exploration block known as block CB ONN 2002/3
(the “CB 2002/3”) (such contract, the “CB 2002/3
PSC”);
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(iii)
|
a
Deed of Assignment and Assumption dated Xxxxx 0, 0000 xxxxx XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx and GSPC, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados a 20% participating
interest (the “CB 2 Participating Interest”) in an
exploration block known as block CB ON 2, subject to reduction to
a 14%
participating interest pursuant to the terms thereof (such deed,
the
“Assignment”);
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(iv)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated September 23, 2005 between the
Government of India and GeoGlobal Barbados, granting to GeoGlobal
Barbados
a 100% participating interest (the “DS Participating
Interest”) in an exploration block known as block DS ONN 2003/1
(the “DS 2003/1”) (such contract, the “DS 3
PSC”);
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(v)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated September 23, 2005 among the Government
of India, GSPC, XXXX (India) Ltd., Jubilant Capital Pvt. Ltd. and
GeoGlobal Barbados, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados a 10% participating
interest (the “CB 2003/2 Participating Interest”) in an
exploration block known as block CB ONN 2003/2 (the “CB
2003/2”) (such contract, the “CB 3
PSC”);
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(vi)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated March 2, 2007 among the Government
of
India, Oil India Limited (“OilIndia”)
and GeoGlobal Barbados, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados a 10% participating
interest (the “KG 2004/1 Participating Interest”) in an
exploration block known as block KG ONN 2004/1 (the “KG
2004/1”) (such contract, the “KG 4
PSC”);
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(vii)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated March 2, 2007 among the Government
of
India, Oil India and GeoGlobal Barbados, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados
a
25% participating interest (the “RJ 2004/2 Participating
Interest”) in an exploration block known as block RJ ONN 2004/2
(the “RJ 2004/2”) (such contract, the “RJ 4/2
PSC”);
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(viii)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated March 2, 2007 among the Government
of
India, Oil India, Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd. and GeoGlobal Barbados,
granting to GeoGlobal Barbados a 25% participating interest (the
“RJ 2004/3 Participating Interest”) in an exploration
block known as block RJ ONN 2004/3 (the “RJ 2004/3”)
(such contract, the “RJ 4/3
PSC”);
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(ix)
|
a
Production Sharing Contract dated March 2, 2007 between the Government
of
India and GeoGlobal Barbados, granting to GeoGlobal Barbados a 100%
participating interest (the “DS 2004/1 Participating
Interest”) in an exploration block known as block DS ONN 2004/01
(the “DS 2004/1”) (such contract, the “DS 4
PSC”);
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(ccc)
|
each
of the GeoGlobal Barbados Material Agreements is in full force and
effect
and has not been amended from the form available to the public on
XXXXX or
provided to the Agents, as applicable, and each of the GeoGlobal
Barbados
Material Agreements constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of
the Corporation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
for
the periods (if any) stated therein, except that: (i) the
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and
other
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) rights
of indemnity, contribution and waiver of contribution thereunder
may be
limited under applicable law, and (iii) equitable remedies, including,
without limitation, specific performance and injunctive relief, may
be
granted only in the discretion of a court of competent
jurisdiction;
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(ddd)
|
GeoGlobal
Barbados has fulfilled or has taken all actions necessary at this
time to
enable it to fulfill when due all of its obligations under the GeoGlobal
Barbados Material Agreements, and there is not, under any of the
GeoGlobal
Barbados Material Agreements, any existing default or event of default
or
any event which, with or without the giving of notice or the passage
of
time, would constitute a default under any of the GeoGlobal Barbados
Material Agreements or provide to any party to any GeoGlobal Barbados
Material Agreement a right of termination thereunder. There are
no laws, regulations, rules or decrees currently in effect or reasonably
expected to be in effect which adversely affect or might adversely
affect
GeoGlobal Barbados’ rights under any of the GeoGlobal Barbados Material
Agreements;
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(eee)
|
GeoGlobal
Barbados has a legal, valid and enforceable ownership interest in
each of
the GeoGlobal Barbados Participating Interests and has not sold,
conveyed,
transferred, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or created any encumbrance
on or with respect to, the GeoGlobal Barbados Participating
Interests;
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(fff)
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GeoGlobal
Barbados is (in addition to GSPC, Jubilant Enpro Private Limited
and Prize
Petroleum Company Limited) the legal and registered owner of the
CB 2002/3
License, free and clear of any and all
encumbrances;
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other
than as a party to the GeoGlobal Barbados Material Agreements and
other
than as disclosed in the Corporation’s Information Record, GeoGlobal
Barbados has no business activities, assets, liabilities, employees,
customers or suppliers and has no
revenues;
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the
Corporation: (i) has no reason to believe that the Corporation
and the Subsidiaries do not have the right to produce and sell the
petroleum, natural gas and related hydrocarbons that may from time
to time
be produced, saved and sold from the properties which are the subject
of
the production sharing contracts to which it is a party (for the
purpose
of this paragraph, the foregoing is collectively referred to as the
“Interests”); and (ii) represents and warrants that the
Interests are free and clear of adverse claims created by, through
or
under the Corporation except those arising in the ordinary course
of
business;
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(iii)
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Schedule
“C” attached hereto is a complete list of all of the agreements pursuant
to which the Corporation and the Subsidiaries have a material interest
in
oil and gas properties, the description of such oil and gas properties
is
complete and accurate in all material respects and the Corporation
does
not have any other, direct or indirect, interests in any other oil
and gas
properties;
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the
petroleum and natural gas rights of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries
in respect of the agreements listed in Schedule “C” attached hereto are
not subject to reduction by virtue of the conversion or other alteration
of the interest of any person under existing agreements created by,
through or under the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, except that
each of
such agreements has relinquishment provisions whereby portions of
the
contract area may be relinquished as the contract proceeds from one
exploration phase to the next;
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except
as set forth below, the xxxxx of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries
are
not subject to a production penalty whereby the production proceeds
allocable to their respective interest are payable to a person until
an
amount calculated in respect of certain costs and expenses paid by
such
person are recovered by such person. The Corporation does not
have any producing xxxxx or proven reserves. Under the Carried
Interest Agreement which relates to the KG Offshore Block, GSPC is
entitled to recover out of the production attributable to the Corporation
(including Xxx Group Mauritius) its capital costs incurred during
the
development phase and the Corporation and Xxx Group Mauritius are
not
entitled to any share of production until those costs and expenses
have
been recovered. There are production sharing provisions in the
production sharing contracts and the Government of India is entitled
to a
royalty;
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to
the Corporation’s knowledge, all oil and gas xxxxx established on the
properties in which it has an interest have, in all material respects,
been drilled and, if completed, completed and, if abandoned, abandoned
in
accordance with normal oil field
practice;
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the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries have no outstanding royalty
obligations;
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there
are no production sales contracts, gas balancing agreements or
arrangements under which it, or any person acting on its behalf,
is
obligated to sell or deliver petroleum substances allocable to the
petroleum and natural gas rights of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries
to
any person, except as set forth in the production sharing contracts;
and
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any
and all operations of the Corporation and, to the Corporation’s knowledge,
information and belief, any and all operations by third parties,
on or in
respect of the assets and properties of the Corporation have been
conducted in accordance with good oilfield
practices.
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7.
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Closing
Deliveries. The purchase and sale of the Offered
Securities shall be completed at the Closing Time at the offices
of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Agents, at 00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX X0X 0X0 or at such other
place as the Agents and the Corporation may agree upon. Subject
to the terms of this agreement, at the Closing Time, the Agents shall
deliver to the Corporation duly executed Subscription Agreements
and shall
cause Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP to pay to the Corporation or as
the Corporation may direct the aggregate gross proceeds from the
Offering
less the Agents’ Fee and the Agents’ expenses in lawful money of the
United States by cheque, banker’s draft or wire transfer. At
the Closing Time, the Corporation shall, subject to and to the extent
of
its acceptance of Subscription Agreements, issue and deliver definitive
certificates representing the Unit Shares, the Warrants and the Rights
subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Agreements registered
in such
names as shall be designated in the Subscription Agreements and issue
and
deliver to the Agents the Compensation Option Certificates evidencing
the
Compensation Options and Compensation Rights to which they are entitled
hereunder.
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8.
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Closing
Conditions. The Agents’ obligations under this
agreement, and each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the Offered
Securities at the Closing Time, shall be conditional upon the fulfilment
at or before such Closing Time of the following
conditions:
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(a)
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the
Agents shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing
Date,
signed by two executive officers of the Corporation, certifying for
and on
behalf of the Corporation, to the best of the knowledge, information
and
belief of the persons so signing, after having made due enquiry,
that:
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(i)
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no
order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the
sale or
ceasing the trading in any securities of the Corporation (including
the
Common Shares) has been issued by any regulatory authority and is
continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or, are contemplated or threatened by any
regulatory authority;
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(ii)
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there
has not been any material change in the affairs of the Corporation
on a
consolidated basis, financial or otherwise, which requires disclosure
under the timely disclosure provisions of Canadian Securities Laws,
except
as has been publicly disclosed and no such disclosure has been made
on a
confidential basis;
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(iii)
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the
representations and warranties of the Corporation contained in this
agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Time with the same
force
and effect as if made at and as of the Closing Time after giving
effect to
the transactions contemplated by this agreement;
and
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(iv)
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the
Corporation has duly complied with all the terms, covenants and conditions
of this agreement on the Corporation’s part to be complied with up to the
Closing Time;
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(b)
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the
Agents shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing
Date,
signed by an appropriate officer or director of the Corporation addressed
to the Agents and their counsel, with respect to the articles and
by-laws
of the Corporation, the resolutions of the Corporation’s board of
directors relevant to the Offering, the incumbency and specimen signatures
of signing officers, and such other matters as the Agents may reasonably
request;
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(c)
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the
Agents shall have received copies of all correspondence indicating
that
the Corporation has obtained all necessary approvals for the Unit
Shares
and the Warrant Shares, including the Compensation Shares to be issued
upon exercise of the Compensation Options, to be conditionally listed
on
the AMEX;
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(d)
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the
Agreements shall have been executed or endorsed, as applicable, and
delivered by the parties thereto in form and substance satisfactory
to the
Agents and their counsel, acting
reasonably;
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(e)
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the
Agents shall have received favourable legal opinions of counsel to
the
Corporation in respect of certain matters concerning the Corporation,
Canadian Securities Laws, United States securities laws, the GeoGlobal
India Material Agreements and the GeoGlobal Barbados Material Agreements,
addressed to the Agents, the Purchasers and counsel to the Agents,
in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agents and their counsel, acting
reasonably, and, in providing such opinions, counsel to the Corporation
shall be entitled to rely on opinions of local counsel as to matters
governed by the laws of such other jurisdictions as such counsel
deems
appropriate, and as to matters of fact or expert matters not within
the
knowledge or professional competence of counsel, on certificates
of public
officials and of the auditors, the transfer agent and the officers
of the
Corporation or the Subsidiaries;
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(f)
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the
Agents shall have received from local counsel in the jurisdiction
of
incorporation, organization or formation of each of the Subsidiaries,
a
legal opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents and
their
counsel, acting reasonably, with respect to the following
matters:
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(i)
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the
applicable Subsidiary is a corporation or other form of entity existing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated,
organized, formed, amalgamated or continued and has all requisite
corporate power to carry on its business as now conducted and to
own,
lease and operate its property and assets;
and
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(ii)
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all
of the issued and outstanding shares or other ownership interests
or
rights of the applicable Subsidiary are registered, directly or
indirectly, in the name of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the
Corporation;
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(g)
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the
Agents shall have received such letters of comfort that it reasonably
requires with respect to the Corporation’s ownership of the
Interests;
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(h)
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the
Agents shall have received a Certificate of Status or the equivalent
in
respect of the Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries issued by
the
appropriate regulatory authority in each jurisdiction in which the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries are
subsisting;
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(i)
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the
Agents shall have received a certificate from the Corporation’s registrar
and transfer agent as to the number of Common Shares issued and
outstanding as at a date no more than two Business Days prior to
the
Closing Date;
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(j)
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the
Agents shall be satisfied, in their sole discretion, after carrying
out
such due diligence as the Agents deem appropriate, as to the legal,
financial and business affairs of the
Corporation;
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(k)
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the
Corporation shall have obtained all requisite regulatory approvals
required to be obtained by the Corporation in respect of the Offering,
on
terms mutually acceptable to the Corporation and the Agents, including
the
approval of the AMEX as to the listing of the Underlying Shares
thereon;
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(l)
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the
Corporation and the Agents shall have complied fully with all covenants
set forth herein and all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements,
required to be complied with prior to the Closing Time;
and
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(m)
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the
Underlying Shares and the Warrants shall not be subject to a hold
period
under Canadian Securities Laws that is greater than four months from
the
Closing Date.
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9.
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Rights
of Termination. In addition to any other remedies
which may be available to the Agents, the Agents shall be entitled,
at
their option, to terminate and cancel, without any liability on their
part, all of their obligations under this agreement and the obligations
of
any person whom it has solicited to purchase the Offered Securities
who
has executed a Subscription Agreement, by notice in writing to that
effect
delivered to the Corporation prior to the Closing Time
if:
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(a)
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they
are not satisfied in their sole discretion with the results of all
or any
portion of their due diligence review and investigations of the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries;
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(b)
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there
has occurred any material adverse change (actual, contemplated or
threatened) or any change in a material fact or a new material fact
or a
development that could, in the sole opinion of the Agents, be expected
to
result in a material adverse change or a change in a material fact
or a
new material fact in respect of the business, operations, capital,
condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, liabilities,
obligations or affairs of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken
as a
whole);
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(c)
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there
should develop, occur or come into effect or existence any event,
action,
state, condition or major financial occurrence of national or
international consequence, any acts of terrorism or hostilities or
escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis, or any law or regulation
which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agents, seriously adversely
affects, or involves, or would be expected to seriously adversely
affect
or involve, the financial markets or the business, operations or
affairs
of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (taken as a
whole);
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(d)
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there
has occurred any change of law or the interpretation or administration
thereof in the Offering Provinces or any inquiry, action, suit,
investigation or other proceeding (whether formal or informal) is
announced, commenced or threatened by any federal, provincial, state,
municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency or instrumentality (including, without limitation, the AMEX
or any
securities regulatory authority), or securities commission, stock
exchange
or similar regulatory authority, or any order is issued in relation
to the
Corporation, any of its affiliates, or any of its directors or officers
or
any of the Corporation’s securities (other than any such inquiry, action,
suit, investigation, proceeding or order relating solely to the Agents)
which, in the sole opinion of the Agents, prevents or restricts trading
in
or the distribution of the Offered Securities or the Underlying Shares,
or
has or would be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
market
price or value of or the investment quality or marketability of the
Offered Securities or the Underlying
Shares;
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(e)
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the
state of the financial markets or of the industry or markets in which
the
Corporation operates or conducts business is or becomes such that
the
Offered Securities or the Underlying Shares cannot, in the reasonable
opinion of the Agents, be successfully or profitably marketed or
sold;
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(f)
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any
order to cease or suspend trading in any securities of the Corporation,
or
prohibiting or restricting the distribution of any of the Offered
Securities or the Underlying Shares is made, threatened or announced
by
any securities regulatory authority in the Offering Provinces (or
in the
United States or in any other jurisdiction in which Offered Securities
are
to be offered for sale and sold in accordance with section 1(a) of
this
agreement), stock exchange or other competent authority and such
order is
not rescinded, revoked or
withdrawn;
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(g)
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the
Corporation is in breach of, in default under or in non-compliance
with
any material representation, warranty, term, condition or covenant
of this
agreement or the Subscription Agreement;
or
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(h)
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the
Unit Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares acquired by any Purchaser
in the
Offering Provinces would be, if the Offering were completed, subject
to a
hold period in excess of four months from the Closing Date (exclusive
of
any restrictions on transfer into the United States unless such transfer
is made pursuant to the Registration Statement or an exemption from
the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities
Act).
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The
rights of termination contained in paragraphs 9(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
(g)
and (h) may be exercised by the Agents and are in addition to any other rights
or remedies the Agents may have in respect of any default, act or failure to
act
or non-compliance by the Corporation in respect of any of the matters
contemplated by this agreement or otherwise. In the event of any such
termination by the Agents, there shall be no further liability on the part
of
the Agents to the Corporation or on the part of the Corporation to the Agents
except in respect of any liability which may have arisen or may arise after
such
termination in respect of acts or omissions prior to such termination under
Sections 10, 12 and 13.
10.
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Expenses. Whether
or not Closing occurs, the Corporation shall pay all costs, fees
and
expenses of or incidental to the performance of the obligations under
this
agreement including, without limitation: (i) the cost of
registration, countersignature and delivery of the Warrants and the
Underlying Shares, (ii) the fees and expenses of the Corporation’s
auditors, counsel and any local counsel, transfer agent, engineers
and
other outside consultants, (iii) the reasonable fees and expenses
of any
counsel employed by the Agents (including GST thereon), (iv) the
Agents’
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, and (v) all filing fees and stock
exchange listing fees relating to the Offering. Such amounts
payable to the Agents shall be paid by the Corporation at the Closing
Time
to the Agents in respect of expenses and fees incurred to such date
and in
respect of expenses and fees incurred after the Closing Time, such
amounts
shall be paid by the Corporation to the Agents upon receipt of invoices
from time to time from the Agents to the
Corporation.
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11.
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties. All warranties,
representations, covenants and agreements herein contained or contained
in
any documents submitted pursuant to this agreement and in connection
with
the transactions herein contemplated shall survive the Closing Date
and,
as applicable, shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit
of
the Purchasers, regardless of the Closing and regardless of any
investigation which may be carried out by the Purchasers or on their
behalf for a period of two (2) years following the Closing
Date.
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12.
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Indemnity. The
Corporation hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Agents and/or
any of
its affiliates (the “Affiliates”) and each of the
directors, officers, employees and shareholders of the Agents and/or
the
Affiliates (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Personnel”) harmless from and against any and all
expenses, losses (other than loss of profits), claims, actions, damages
or
liabilities, whether joint or several (including the aggregate amount
paid
in reasonable settlement of any actions, suits, proceedings or claims),
and the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel that may be
incurred
in advising with respect to and/or defending any claim that may be
made
against the Agents and/or the Affiliates, to which the Agents and/or
the
Affiliates and/or the Personnel may become subject or otherwise involved
in any capacity under any statute or common law or otherwise on demand
insofar as such expenses, losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions
arise out of or are based, directly or indirectly, upon the performance
of
professional services rendered to the Corporation by the Agents and/or
the
Affiliates and the Personnel hereunder or otherwise in connection
with the
matters referred to in this agreement, provided, however, that this
indemnity shall not apply to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final judgment that has become non-appealable shall
determine that:
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(i)
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the
Agents and/or any Personnel have been grossly negligent or has committed
any fraudulent act or engaged in wilful misconduct in the course
of such
performance or has breached any material provision of this agreement;
and
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(ii)
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the
expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as to which
indemnification is claimed, were directly caused by the gross negligence,
fraud, wilful misconduct or material breach of this agreement referred
to
in (i).
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The
Corporation hereby agrees to waive any right it may have of first requiring
the
Agents and/or the Affiliates and any Personnel to proceed against or enforce
any
other right, power, remedy, security or claim payment from any other person
before claiming under this indemnity.
If
for
any reason (other than the occurrence of any of the events itemized in (i)
and
(ii) above), the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to the Agents and/or
the Affiliates or insufficient to hold them harmless, then the Corporation
shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Agents and/or the Affiliates
as
a result of such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion
as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the
Corporation on the one hand and the Agents and/or the Affiliates on the other
hand but also the relative fault of the Corporation and the Agents and/or the
Affiliates, as well as any relevant equitable considerations; provided that
the
Corporation shall, in any event, contribute to the amount paid or payable by
the
Agents and/or the Affiliates as a result of such expense, loss, claim, damage
or
liability, any excess of such amount over the amount of the fees received by
the
Agents and/or the Affiliates hereunder pursuant to this agreement.
The
Corporation agrees that in case any legal proceeding shall be brought against
the Corporation and/or the Agents and/or the Affiliates by any governmental
commission or regulatory authority or any stock exchange or other entity having
regulatory authority, either domestic or foreign, shall investigate the
Corporation and/or the Agents and/or the Affiliates and any Personnel shall
be
required to testify in connection therewith or shall be required to respond
to
procedures designed to discover information regarding, in connection with,
or by
reason of the performance of professional services rendered to the Corporation
by the Agents and/or the Affiliates under this agreement, the Agents and/or
the
Affiliates shall have the right to employ its own counsel in connection
therewith, and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel as well as
the
reasonable costs (including an amount to reimburse the Agents and/or the
Affiliates for time spent by its Personnel in connection therewith) and
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by its Personnel in connection therewith shall
be paid by the Corporation as they occur on demand by the Agents.
Promptly
after receipt of notice of the commencement of any legal proceeding against
the
Agents and/or the Affiliates or any of the Personnel or after receipt of notice
of the commencement of any investigation, which is based, directly or
indirectly, upon any matter in respect of which indemnification may be sought
from the Corporation, the Agents and/or the Affiliates (or any one of them)
will
notify the Corporation in writing of the commencement thereof and the
Corporation shall undertake the investigation and defence thereof on behalf
of
the Agents and/or the Affiliates and/or any Personnel, as applicable, including
the prompt employment of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Agents or the
applicable Personnel affected and the payment of all reasonable
expenses. Failure by the Agents and/or the Affiliates or any of the
Personnel to so notify the Corporation shall not relieve the Corporation of
its
obligation of indemnification hereunder unless (and only to the extent that)
such failure results in forfeiture by the Corporation or material impairment
of
its substantive rights or defences. The Corporation shall, throughout
the course of any investigation as contemplated herein, provide copies of all
relevant documentation to the Agents, will keep the Agents advised of the
progress thereof and will discuss with the Agents all significant actions
proposed.
No
admission of liability and no settlement of any action shall be made without
the
prior written consent of the Corporation and the Agents or the Personnel
affected, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Notwithstanding
that the Corporation shall undertake the investigation and defence of any
action, the Agents and/or the Affiliates or the Personnel affected shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in
the
defence thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the
expense of the Agents and/or the Affiliates or the Personnel affected unless
(a)
employment of such counsel has been authorized by the Corporation; (b) the
Corporation shall not have assumed the defence of the action within a reasonable
period of time after receiving notice of the action; (c) the named parties
to
any such action include both the Corporation and the Agents and/or the
Affiliates or any Personnel and the Agents and/or the Affiliates or the affected
Personnel shall have been advised by counsel that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Corporation and the Agents and/or the Affiliates or the
affected Personnel, as the case may be; or (d) there are one or more legal
defences available to the Agents and/or the Affiliates or the affected Personnel
which are different from or in addition to those available to the
Corporation.
The
indemnity and contribution obligations of the Corporation shall be in addition
to any liability which the Corporation may otherwise have, shall extend upon
the
same terms and conditions to those of the Agents and/or the Affiliates and
the
Personnel who are not signatories hereto and shall be binding upon and enure
to
the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives
of
the Corporation, the Agents and/or the Affiliates and any of the Personnel
of
the Agents and/or the Affiliates. The foregoing provisions shall
survive the completion of professional services rendered under this agreement
or
any termination of the authorization given by this agreement.
13.
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Contribution. In
the event that, for any reason, the indemnity provided for in Section
12
hereof is illegal or unenforceable, each of the Agents and the Corporation
shall contribute to the aggregate of all losses, claims, costs, damages,
expenses or liabilities (except loss of profits in connection with
the
sale of the Offered Securities) of the nature provided for in Section
12
hereof such that the Agents shall be responsible for that portion
represented by the percentage that the Agents’ Fee bears to the gross
proceeds from the Offering and the Corporation shall be responsible
for
the balance, provided that in no event shall the Agents be responsible
for
any amount in excess of the Agents’ Fee actually received by
it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation, bad faith, negligence or wilful misconduct
shall not be entitled to contribution from any other party. Any
party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receiving notice
of
commencement of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against such
party
in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against
another
party or parties under this section, notify such party or parties
from
whom contribution may be sought. In no case shall such party
from whom contribution may be sought be liable under this agreement
unless
such notice shall have been provided, but the omission to so notify
such
party shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought
from any other obligation it may have otherwise than under this
section. The right to contribution provided in this section
shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other right
to
contribution which the Agents may have by statute or otherwise by
law.
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14.
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Breach
of Agreement. All terms and conditions of this
agreement to be performed or satisfied by the Corporation shall be
construed as conditions and any breach of, or failure by the Corporation
to comply with, any term or condition of this agreement shall entitle
the
Agents, on behalf of the Purchasers, to terminate their obligations
to
purchase the Offered Securities by notice to that effect given to
the
Corporation prior to the Closing Time. In the event of any such
termination, there shall be no further liability on the part of the
Corporation or the Agents, except in respect of any liability which
may
have arisen or may thereafter arise under Sections 10, 12 or 13
hereof. The Agents may waive, in whole or in part, or extend
the time for compliance with, any terms and conditions without prejudice
to its rights in respect of any other terms and conditions or any
other
subsequent breach or non-compliance provided, however, that any waiver
or
extension must be in writing and signed by the Agents in order to
be
binding upon it.
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15.
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Advertisements. Subject
to the prior consent of the Corporation, the Agents shall have the
right,
at its own expense, to place such advertisement or advertisements
relating
to the sale of the Offered Securities contemplated herein as the
Agents
may consider desirable or appropriate and as may be permitted by
applicable law. No such advertisement shall be placed by the
Agents which the Corporation deems shall be in violation of the securities
laws of the United States or Canada The Corporation and the
Agents each agree that they will not make or publish any advertisement
in
any media whatsoever relating to, or otherwise publicize, the transactions
provided for herein so as to result in any exemption from the prospectus
and registration requirements of Canadian Securities Laws, the U.S.
Securities Act or other securities laws being unavailable in respect
of
the sale of the Offered Securities to prospective
purchasers.
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16.
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Notices. Any
notice under this agreement shall be given in writing and either
delivered
or telecopied to the party to receive such notice at the address
or
telecopy numbers indicated below:
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If
to the
Corporation, to:
000
–
0xx Xxxxxx
X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
with
copy
to:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, P.A.
00
Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X-000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
If
to the
Agents, to:
Primary
Capital Inc.
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Xxxxx,
Xxxxx & Company Limited
Xxxxx
000, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
00
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
or
such
other address or telecopy number as such party may hereafter designate by notice
in writing to the other party. If a notice is delivered, it shall be
effective from the date of delivery and if such notice is telecopied (with
receipt confirmed), it shall be effective on the Business Day following the
date
such notice is telecopied.
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Time
of the Essence. Time shall, in all respects, be of the
essence hereof.
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United
States Dollars. All references herein to money amounts
are to lawful money of the United States of
America.
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Headings. The
headings contained herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect
the meaning or interpretation
hereof.
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Singular
and Plural, etc. Where the context so requires, words
importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa,
and words
importing gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter
genders.
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Entire
Agreement. This agreement constitutes the only
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof
and shall supersede any and all prior negotiations, understandings
and
agreements whether oral or written including, without limitation,
a letter
agreement dated May 30, 2007 between the Corporation and Primary
Capital. This agreement may be amended or modified in any
respect by written instrument only executed by the Corporation and
the
Agents.
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Severability. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provisions of this
agreement shall not affect or limit the validity or enforceability
of the
remaining provisions of this
agreement.
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Governing
Law. Except for matters arising under Canadian
Securities Laws, this agreement shall be governed by and be construed
in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of
the
United States of America applicable therein and the parties hereto
irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State
of
Delaware.
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Successors
and Assigns. The terms and provisions of this
agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the
Corporation, the Agent and the Purchasers and their respective successors
and permitted assigns; provided that, except as provided herein or
in the
Subscription Agreements, this agreement shall not be assignable by
any
party without the written consent of the
others.
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Further
Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall do or
cause to be done all such acts and things and shall execute or cause
to be
executed all such documents, agreements and other instruments as
may
reasonably be necessary or desirable for the purpose of carrying
out the
provisions and intent of this
agreement.
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Effective
Date. This agreement is intended to and shall take
effect as of the date first set forth above, notwithstanding its
actual
date of execution or delivery.
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French
Language. The parties hereto acknowledge that they
have expressly required this agreement and all notices, statements
of
account and other documents required or permitted to be given or
entered
into pursuant hereto to be drawn up in the English language
only. Les parties reconnaissent avoir expressément demandées
que la présente convention ainsique toutavis, tout état de compte et tout
autre document à être out pouvant être donné ou conclu en vertudes
dispositions des présdentes, soient rédigés en langue anglaise
seulement.
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Counterparts. This
agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which taken
together shall form one and the same
agreement.
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If
the
Corporation is in agreement with the foregoing terms and conditions, please
so
indicate by executing this letter where indicated and delivering a copy to
the
Agents.
Yours
very truly,
PRIMARY
CAPITAL INC.
Per: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Authorized
Signing Officer
XXXXX,
XXXXX & COMPANY LIMITED
Per: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Authorized
Signing Officer
The
foregoing is hereby accepted on the terms and conditions herein set
forth.
DATED
as of
this
day of June, 2007.
Per: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Authorized
Signing Officer
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SCHEDULE
“A”
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES LAWS
As
used
in this Schedule “A”, capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the agency agreement to which this
Schedule is annexed and the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
(a)
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“Directed
Selling Efforts” means directed selling efforts as that term is defined in
Regulation S. Without limiting the foregoing, but for greater
clarity in this Schedule, it means, subject to the exclusions from
the
definition of directed selling efforts contained in Regulation S,
any
activity undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably
be
expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United
States for any of the Offered Securities and includes the placement
of any
advertisement in a publication with a general circulation in the
United
States that refers to the offering of the Offered
Securities;
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“Distribution
Compliance Period” means the one-year period that begins on the later of
(i) the date the Offered Securities are first offered to persons
other
than distributors in reliance on Regulation S or (ii) the Closing
Date;
provided that, all offers and sales by a distributor of an unsold
allotment or subscription shall be deemed to be made during the
Distribution Compliance Period;
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“Regulation
S” means Regulation S adopted by the SEC under the U.S. Securities
Act;
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(d)
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“SEC”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission;
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(e)
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“U.S.
Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended;
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(f)
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“U.S.
Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended;
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(g)
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“U.S.
Person” means a U.S. Person as that term is defined in Regulation S;
and
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(h)
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“United
States” means the United States of America, its territories and
possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of
Columbia.
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Agents
The
Agents acknowledge that the Offered Securities have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act and may be offered and sold only in
transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities
Act. Each of the Agents severally represents, warrants and covenants
to the Corporation that:
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It
has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, any Offered
Securities as part of their initial distribution, except in an Offshore
Transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in accordance with Rule
903 of
Regulation S. Accordingly, none of the Agents, their respective
affiliates nor any person acting on their behalf, has made or will
make:
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(i)
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any
offer to sell or any solicitation of an offer to buy, any Offered
Securities to any person within the United States, any U.S. Person,
or for
the account or benefit of any U.S. Person or person within the United
States;
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(ii)
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any
sale of Offered Securities to any purchaser unless such purchaser
is not a
U.S. Person and is not purchasing for the account or benefit of any
U.S.
Person and, at the time the buy order was or will have been originated,
the purchaser was outside the United States, or such Agent, affiliate
or
person acting on behalf of either reasonably believed that such purchaser
was outside the United States; or
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any
Directed Selling Efforts with respect to the Offered
Securities. It agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of the
sale of the Offered Securities, it will have sent to each distributor,
dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration
that purchases Offered Securities from it during the Distribution
Compliance Period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following
effect:
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“The
securities covered hereby have not been registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), and may
not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or
benefit of, U.S. Persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii)
otherwise until one-year after the later of the commencement of the
offering and closing date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation
S
under the U.S. Securities Act. Terms used herein have the meanings
given to them in Regulation S.”
In
addition, prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, all
offers and sales of the Offered Securities by such Agent shall be made only
in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S; pursuant
to a
registration of the Offered Securities under the U.S. Securities Act; or
pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the
U.S. Securities Act.
Such
Agent agrees to obtain substantially identical undertakings from each member
of
any banking and selling group formed in connection with the distribution of
the
Offered Securities contemplated hereby and to comply with the offering
restriction requirements of Regulation S.
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It
has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement
with
respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities, except with
its
affiliates, any selling group members or with the prior written consent
of
the Corporation. It shall require each selling group member to
agree, for the benefit of the Corporation, to comply with, and shall
use
its best efforts to ensure that each selling group member complies
with,
the same provisions of this Schedule as apply to such Agent if such
provisions applied to such selling group
member.
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Corporation
The
Corporation represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that:
1.
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The
Corporation is a “reporting issuer” within the meaning of Regulation
S.
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2.
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The
Corporation is not, and as a result of the sale of the Offered Securities
contemplated hereby will not be, an “investment company” as defined in the
United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
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3.
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Neither
the Corporation nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting
on its or
their behalf, has made or will make: (A) any offer to sell, or
any solicitation of an offer to buy, any Offered Securities to any
U.S.
Person or a person in the United States; or (B) any sale of Offered
Securities unless, at the time the buy order was or will have been
originated, the purchaser is not a U.S. Person and is (i) outside
the
United States or (ii) the Corporation, its affiliates, and any person
acting on their behalf reasonably believe that the purchaser is outside
the United States.
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During
the period in which the Offered Securities are offered for sale,
neither
it nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf
has made or will make any Directed Selling Efforts in the United
States.
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Except
as hereinafter provided and except with respect to the offer and
sale of
the Offered Securities offered hereby and offers and sales of common
shares of the Corporation pursuant to the Corporation’s employee benefit
plans, the Corporation has not, for a period of six months prior
to the
date hereof sold, offered for sale or solicited any offer to buy
any of
its securities in the United
States.
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